Hardware performance/Archive 2
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This page lists users' measurements of performance of the Minecraft PC version on various hardware and software. See also: Pocket Edition hardware performance (Android) for performance of the Pocket Edition.
Archives
- June 2010 (?) - January 2012
- January 2012 - March 2012
- April 2012 - July 2012
- August 2012 - October 2012
- October 2012 - March 2013
Contents |
Hardware Requirements
- Any computer with the following hardware should suffice, however, for an enjoyable experience, we suggest looking at the Recommended Requirements.
- Minimum Requirements :
- CPU : Intel P4/NetBurst Architecture or its AMD Equivalent (AMD K7)
- RAM : 256MB
- GPU : ATI Rage or GeForce 256 with OpenGL 1.2 Support
- HDD : At least 90MB for Game Core and Sound Files
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 and up is required to be able to run the game.
- Recommended Requirements :
- CPU : Core2Duo or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6GHz
- RAM : 1GB
- GPU : GeForce 66xx or ATI Radeon 9xxx and Up with OpenGL 2 Support (Excluding Integrated Chipsets)
- HDD : 150MB
Software Requirements
- Minecraft Release 1.2.2 or Newer
Please include
- Please include the following info, obtainable via software such as Piriform Speccy, AIDA64, sysctl, lshw, or CPU-Z in your entry:
- Operating System (Mac, Windows, Linux), Version, and Architecture (32-bit or 64-bit)
- CPU Brand (AMD/ARM/Intel), CPU Name, Clock Speed (in GHz)
- GPU Brand (AMD/ARM/Intel), GPU Name, Clock Speed (in GHz), VRAM Amount (in MB)
- RAM Amount (in GB), RAM Type (DDR, DDR2, DDR3)
- Resolution and Color Depth
- FPS in Windowed Mode is Required. FPS in Fullscreen is Requested.
- Please keep comments under 10 words.
Conditions for testing
To contribute to this list:
- Use the following settings:
- Language: English (US)
- Render distance: Far
- View bobbing: on
- Difficulty: Normal
- Graphics: Fancy
- 3D Anaglyph: off
- Performance: Max FPS
- Smooth lighting: on
- Field of View: Normal
- Brightness: Moody
- Advanced OpenGL: off
- Clouds: on
- Use the default texture pack
- Create a new world with the seed "minecraft" (without quotes and without capitals)
- Look around in all directions
- When getting your average frame rate walk around in a small circle.
- Get an average frame rate for the default window size and with a maximised window. To maximize your window, press F11 (Mac OS X FN + F11) (only works with downloadable client)
- Bragging will get your entry removed or edited. No if, ands, or buts!
- Click here to add your entry to the bottom of the list
- Starting at 1.3 you will need Minestats to add to this list for it will give more accurate results. Thank you.
Results
| OS | CPU | GPU | RAM + Type (DDRx) | Screen resolution + color depth | Minecraft version | Framerate (Window) | Framerate (Maximized) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | AMD Phenom II x6 1055t | ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series | 8 GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 100 | 150-250 | Running with 1gb, lags on switching to window. Some mods make it laggier. Otherwise, perfect. |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | i7-2600k 4.2GHz | nVidia GTX580 3GB | 8 GB DDR3 @ 1666MHz | 1920x1080 32-bit | 1.2.2 | 420 | 300 | Runs waaaay too fast, was actually looking for a good way to limit it. Makes my GPU fans noisy, no matter what I do... |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6770 2GB | 8GB DDR3 | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 200 | 350 | Crazy fast without smooth lighting. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel(R) Pentium CPU B950 2.10GHz | Intel(R) HD Graphics Family | 4GB DDR3 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 7 | 3 | It's super laggy and not playable. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2320 CPU 2.13GHz, 3001MHz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) | Ati mobility Radeon HD 5400 | 3 GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 45 | 45 | Works Perfectly |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU 3.00GHz, 3001MHz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) | Intel(R) HD Graphics Family | 6GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 44 | 12 | It's laggier than I'd expect, but I think it's because of the Intel Integrated Graphics. |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Mobile Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz | Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family | 4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 333MHz | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 25 | 20 | Not laggy at all. |
| Windows 7 32-bit | Intel(R) Pentium Dual-Core T2390 1.86GHz | Mobile Intel Express 965 Chipset Family | 3GB DDR3 | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 7 | 12 | It's laggy. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 2330M 2.2GHz Quad-Core | HD Intel Graphics Family | 4GB | 1360x768 | 1.1 | 20 | 12 | It's not good for full screen or fancy graphics. However, it runs perfectly fine. |
| Windows 7 | AMD E450 APU | RADEON 6320 | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 13 | 13 | FPS improves by around 10 FPS if RAMdisk is used, which is very simple in a game like Minecraft, as it doesn't use up much space. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Athlon II X2 255 3.6GHz | Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 | 4GB DDR3 | 1920x1200 | 1.1 | 40 | 50 | It works great, even with HD Texture Packs. |
| Windows XP | Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo T4200 2GHz | - | 4GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 10 | 10 | I get mostly around 10 FPS and Lag Spikes Of Death are very frequent. It runs okay with Normal render and some other low parameters and OptiFine mod. (40-60 FPS) |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU 2.00GHz | GeForce GT 340M | 6GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 160 | 100 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU 2.00GHz | Intergrated | 6GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 12 | 9 | |
| Windows Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Athlon II X4 645 | HD Radeon XFX 6670x2 Crossfire | 12GB | 1600x1200 | 1.1 | 400 | 400 | It runs well with other programs open. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit | AMD Sempron | ATI Radeon 3100 (Integrated)256MB game dedicated | 3GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 25 | 35 | It's okay. |
| Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 2.7GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6630M w/256MB GDDR3 Dedicated RAM | 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 | 2560x1440 | 1.1 | 77 | 20 | It did very well in windowed mode, but lower in SP than playing on an already generated SMP map. There were some big Lag Spikes when playing full screen, but an average of 20-30 FPS was seen. |
| Windows 7 | Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz | Nvidia GeForce 210 1233MB | 2GB DDR2 | 1280x720 | 1.1 | 95 | 95 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz Quad-core | Intel(R) HD Graphics Family | 6GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 44 | 12 | Laggier than I'd expect, but I think it's because of the Intel Integrated Graphics. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | Athlon x2 5200+ 2.3GHz | Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR2 | 2GB DDR2 | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 60 | 65 | Runs at full speed with x128 or x256 texture packs. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz | Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB | 6GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 90 | 90 | Not too shabby. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | 3GB DDR2 | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 50 | 45 | I ran at 70 fps on 1.0 and I saw some lag spikes a bit in 1.1, but it's playable! |
| Windows 7 32-bit | Intel Core i5 2300 2.8GHz | Radeon HD 5770 OC | 4GB | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 100 | 150 | It's very smooth to play. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz | Nvidia GeForce GT 555M | 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 32 | 42 | Although not an awesome framerate; it never drops below 30. |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit | Core i7 920 2.8GHz Turbo | Nvidia GTX 570 + Nvidia 9800GT | 8GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1920x1080@60Hz | 1.1 | 100 | 125 | Very fast |
| Windows 8 Developer Preview 64-bit | AMD Phenom II x4 975 3.6GHz | Nvidia Geforce GTX 560ti | 2GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 150 | 150 | Fps depends on how many chunk updates there are. |
| Microsoft Windows Home Premium | Intel Core i5-2410M 2.30GHz | nVidia GeForce 315M 5112MP | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 77 | 86 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz | ATI Radeon 5750 OC | 4GB DDR2 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 105 | 95 | Runs great no lag what so ever |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | Intel Core i5 2500k 3.3GHz | PNY GTX 460 | 8GB DDR2 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 573 | 658 | Vanilla with listed settings and world. Smooth with no lag or spikes. |
| Mac OS X 10.6.8 | Intel Core Duo 2.0GHz | 64MB Intel Shared Memory | 2GB | 1280x720 | 1.1 | 40 | 30 | |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2500k 3.6GHz | GTX 560 2GB | 4GB 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 170 | 145 | Runs extremely smoothly, never gets in the double digits with regards to FPS. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T | ATI Radeon HD 5450 | 4GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 66 | 34 | A bit disappointed... |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2500k | Radeon HD 5870 | 8GB | 1980x1080 | 1.1 | 150 | 150 | Lag is virtually non-existent even with other programs running. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core i7-3930k 4.2GHz | nVidia Geforce GTX 470 | 8GB DDR3 2133 MHz | 1980x1080 | 1.1 | 270 | 322 | |
| Mac OS X 10.6.8 | Intel Core 2 Duo E8135 2.66GHz | Nvidia Geforce 9400M with 256MB shared RAM | 2GB DDR3 1067 MHz | 1680x1050 | 12w03a | 58 | 36 | Surprising. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz Dual-Core | Intel HD Graphics G620 | 6GB DDR3 | 1152x920 | 1.1 | 25 | 25 | If I play on Normal view distance I get 30-50 FPS and 70+ on Short with or without a texture pack it doesn't change performance. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 2.33GHz Quad-Core | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216 SP 896MB | 4GB Corsair XMS2 DHX DDR2(2X2048-6400C4DHX) | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 69 | 65 | Playable but suffers some weird frame rate drops while turning around quickly in places populated by a lot of foliage. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD FX 6100 Hexa-Core Processor 3.3GHz | ATI Radeon HD 6870 | G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 275 | 275 | This processor is bad for Single Thread programs |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | AMD FX-6100 3.3GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6670 DDR5 | 6GB 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 80 | 105 | Very playable, no lag. |
| Linux Mint 12 Lisa | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 3.07GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series | 6GB | 3840x1200 | 1.1 | 87 | 77 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate (laptop) | AMD Athlon | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 15 | 12 | |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2540M 2.60GHz | Radeon HD 6470M | 3.95GB Single-Channel DDR3 665MHz | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 100 | 80 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Sempron 1.8GHz | Sapphire Radeon 1950x pro 512MB AGP | 2GB DDR 400MHz | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 25 | 22 | Pretty laggy, I usually can play somehow, as long as the area is already loaded. On servers, FPS is usually around 30 all the time, do not know why. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit | Pentium D 3.00GHz | Radeon 4350 512MB DDR2 | 3GB DDR2 | 1280x1024 | 1.1 | 55 | 48 | Runs better than I expected |
| Windows 7 64-bit | AMD Phenom X6 3.3GHz | Radeon HD 6950 | 16GB DDR3 1600 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 190 | 300 | Very smooth gameplay, never choppy. |
| Windows XP Home Edition | Intel Celeron M CPU 430 1.73GHz | Mobility Intel 945 Express Chipset Family | 503MB | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 14 | Playable with Short distance. Can be playable at Far, but with more laggy. In Multiplayer are texts white (Ex. Yellow text is WHITE) | |
| Windows XP Professional 32-bit | Intel Pentium 4 Dual Core 3.00GHz PRESCOT | Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB | 1.25GB | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 95 | 55 | Very good. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate | Intel i7 2600 3.40GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 | 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 141 | 132 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2310 Quad-Core 2.9GHz | Intel(R) HD Family Graphics | 6GB DDR3 | 1240x1080 | 1.1 | 15 | 12 | Very laggy |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel G620 2.6GHz Dual-Core | Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 | 6GB DDR3 | 1152x900 | 1.1 | 100 | 100 | |
| Mac OSX Lion 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2.5GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB | 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 60 | 62 | Not sure why it's running faster in fullscreen, but I'm guessing maybe the reflective dock is doing it. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Core i5 -2430M 2.4GHz | AMD 6650M 2GB | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 16 | 13 | Disappointed. |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | AMD Turion 64 x2 2.2GHz | GeForce 8400 GS | 4GB | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 45 | 45 | It varies a lot depending on how built up an area is. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (OC 4.0GHz) | Radeon HD 6990 | 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 | 1680x1050@60Hz | 1.1 | 600 | 400 | Lots of tearing, use Vsync |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1GHz Dual Core | ATI Radeon 4350 512MB DDR2 | 3GB | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 25 | 25 | |
| Windows XP SP3 | Intel Atom 1.33GHz | Intel GMA 3150 | 1GB DDR3 | 1024x600 | 1.1 | 4 | 2 | Optifine recommended. |
| Mac | Intel i5 2500k 3.3GHz | HD 6770 | 4GB DDR3 | 1600x1080 | 1.1 | 24 | 17 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.40GHz | Nvidia 320M | 8GB DDR3 | 1.1 | 28 | 40 | Once the world is generated a bit it runs pretty good. | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Pentium 1.8GHz Dual-Core | nVidia GT 240 1GB | 4GB DDR3 1600MHz | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 40 | Crashes frequently. Can't do fullscreen. | |
| Mac OS X v10.6.8 Snow Leopard | Intel Core 2 Duo E8135 2.66GHz | Nvidia Geforce 9400M with 256MB shared RAM | 2GB DDR3 1067MHz | 1680x1050 | 12w04a | 61 | 33 | Runs just fine. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5 3GHz x4 | AMD/ATI Radeon 6670 HD 1GB | 6GB DDR3 | 1980x1600 | 1.1 | 115 | 105 | Runs very well |
| Windows 2000 | Pentium 4 3.4GHz | Nvidia 8600GT 512MB | 1GB DDR | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 15 | 5 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Athlon x2 64 5200 2.9GHz O.C | Nvidia GTS 250 1GB | 5GB 667MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 32 | 45 | |
| Windows 2000 Professional SP4 | Pentium 4 2.4GHz Prescott | GeForce2 MX400 64MB DDR | 1GB DDR 400MHz | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 16 | 9 | Surprisingly playable, but lower settings and OptiFine are really recommended. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Athlon II M300 2.0GHz | Mobility Radeon HD 4200 | 3GB DDR2 400MHz | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 30 | 24 | Very playable, minor lag spikes sometimes but otherwise not laggy |
| Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2410m | GT 555m | 4GB DDR3 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 130 | 60 | Using 64x texture pack |
| Windows 7 | Intel Core i-7 2630QM 2GHz | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M | 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 100 | 90 | Stable |
| Windows 7 64-bit | AMD Athlon II X4 2.9GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5830 | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 70 | 60 | Runs great |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400 | Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT | 4GB DDR2 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 25 | 20 | With F3 on its very laggy. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 | AMD Athlon II X4 64 3.00GHz (OC'D to 3.45GHz) | AMD Radeon HD 5570 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 Hybrid Crossfire | 8GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 106 | 135 | Runs great with other programs running. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Athlon II 2.2GHz | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 45 | 25 | Occasional lag spikes |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2600k | GTX 570 | 16GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 316 | 328 | Plays pretty darn well I'd say |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Phenom II x4 970 4.2GHz | SLI GTX 460 1GB @855/1950 | 8GB DRR3 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 120 | 129 | The FPS have certainly got lower than 1.7.3 version. |
| Ubuntu 11.10 (with GNOME 3, no desktop effects) | Intel Centrino 2 Dual Core 2GHz | Nvidia 9600M (512MB, proprietary drivers installed) | 3GB DDR2 | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 85 | 100 | Optifine recommended |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | AMD Phenom X4 955 BE (OC to 4.0GHz) | MSI R6850 Power Edition/OC | 8GB DDR3 1666MHz | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 600 | 350 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core i7 740QM 1.73GHz | NVIDIA GTX 460m | 6GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 70 | 40 | |
| Windows Vista 32-bit | Intel(R) Mobile Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz | Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family | 2GB DDR2 333MHz Dual-Channel | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 15 | 7 | Not actually as bad as it seems. Runs better at max settings. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | AMD Athlon II x4 645 2GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4200 | 6GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 31 | 10 | Works great with Advanced OpenGL on and render distance set to normal. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2600k | GTX 460 x2 (SLI) | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 110 | 85 | Runs with no issues on max settings |
| Windows 7 | Intel Core 2 Duo | - | 4GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 32 | 25 | Pretty laggy. |
| Windows 7 Premium SP1 64-bit | Intel Core i5-480M 2.67GHz | ATI Mobility Radeon HD5870 GDDR5 | 8GB DDR3 1066MHz | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 60 | 65 | Stable and nice |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel i7 2600K 3.4GHz 4-core | Nvidia 570GTX 1280MB DDR5 | 12GB SDRAM DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 275 | 300 | Using Java 6 Update 29. Minecraft has 910MB of RAM allocated to it. Happy :) |
| Linux Mint 12 Lisa (KDE) | Intel Xeon X3440 2.53GHz | Zotac 9800GT Eco 1GB | 16GB 1333MHz | 1440x900x24 | 1.1 | 75 | 70 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad Q8300 2.50GHz, 2499 MHz, 4 cores, 4 logical processors | Nvidia Geforce GT 220 | 4GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 60 | 60 | Runs great, no lag. Fast world generating. |
| Windows XP Professional 64-bit | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ 2.8GHz | Nvidia Geforce 9400 GT 1GB | 4GB DDR2 | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 60 | 60 | Tests done with several other programs open in the background. Using Fraps instead of the ingame lag-O-meter for accuracy. |
| Windows XP Professional 32-bit | Intel i4 3.00GHz | Nvidia Geforce 9400 GFx | 4GB DDR2 6400 | 1920x1080 | 12w05a | 60 | 35 | Runs very well in like mid window around 720p, barely ever get lag unless my anti virus turns on. its very smooth with HD texture packs. Playable. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor 8MB Cache 3.4GHz | AMD Radeon™ HD 6450 1GB DDR3 | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 80 | 90 | Playable. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | i5 2500k | GTX 570 | 8GB | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 400 | 225 | Runs very well! |
| Windows 7 Professional Edition 64-bit | AMD Athlon X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3GHz | ATI Radeon HD5650 | 8GB | 1600x1200 | 1.1 | 90 | 75 | Really smooth gameplay that's better than I excepted. |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i3 m350 | Intel Integrated Graphics | 4GB DDR2 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 35 | 27 | Very laggy on these settings. Runs pretty smooth with much lower settings. |
| Ubuntu 11.10 | AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 | Nvidia GeForce 8200M G | 3GB | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 30 | 17 | |
| Windows 7 32-bit | Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 4MB Cache 2.2GHz | Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB | 4GB DDR2 | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 80 | 60 | Gameplay is smooth. I get similar results in Ubuntu 10.04 and OSX 10.6 (hackintosh) on this machine. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE 4.10GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series | 16GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 130 | 90 | Runs amazing |
| Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU 3.10GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6670 | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 110 | 100 | Runs great even with other programs running. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz (overclocked @4.0GHz) | AMD Radeon 6850 1GB | Kingsington 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 120 | 110 | Custom Built |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 | GOODRAM 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 280 | 300 | Runs great even with other programs running. Far/Fancy settings |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | FX 4100 3.6GHz | HD 6450 | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 350 | 250 | Really smooth. |
| Mac OS X 10.6.5 | 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel GMA X3100 using 144MB RAM | 2GB 1067MHz DDR3 | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 55 | 30 | Framerate is fairly unstable |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ | Gigabyte Radeon 5750 OC | 6GB DDR2 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 70 | 86 | Runs well |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Athlon II X3 435 2.9GHz | Intergrated ATI Radeon HD42000 Graphics | 4GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 62 | 25 | It works ok |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit | AMD Phenom II X4 970 (3.9GHz Overclocked) | AMD Radeon HD 6870 0.97GHz Core Cloc, 1024MB GDDR3 | 6GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 100 | 120 | Runs very with other programs running |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz | Nvidia Geforce Go 7700 | 4GB DDR2 667MHz | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 185 | 162 | Runs great |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Phenon x4 840 3.2GHz | AMD Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR3 | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 200 | 150 | Runs great even on Max Settings |
| Windows XP | AMD Phenom II X2 3.65GHz | ATi Radeon HD 5450 | 2GB DDR3 | 1152x864 | 1.1 | 65 | 56 | Runs very well except in forests |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz | Nvidia Geforce GTX 550TI | 16GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 140 | 150 | Runs very smooth, but performance takes a hit with GSGL Shaders. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.21GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5450 | 4GB DDR2 | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 45 | 30 | Runs pretty good, very playable. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | 8GB DDR3 1333MHZ | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 170 | 180 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU 2.40GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | 6GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 100 | 58 | Runs very smoothly with no noticeable lag spikes. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Core i3-2330M | NVIDIA GT 540M | 6GB DDR3 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 60 | 55 | Plays nicely. |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | i7 2600k 4.5GHz | Nvidia Gtx 580 1GHz | 12GB Patriot Gaming series RAM 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 400 | 600 | Very fast |
| Windows 7 64-bit | AMD Phenom II X4 955 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 | 4GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 30 | 21 | Playable in windowed mode, sluggish in fullscreen. |
| Windows 7 | Intel Core i7 2670QM 2.2GHz/3.1GHz | AMD Radeon 6990M 2GB | 16GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 290 | 312 | Very Fast |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i3 2310M 2.1GHz | Nvidia GeForce GT 525M 1GB | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 50 | 45 | On a laptop. Works very well although framerate varies by around 10, scores given are the approximate median. |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel i5-450M 2.53GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5650 (Laptop) | 8GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 60 | 50 | |
| Mac OS 10.7.3 Lion | Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz | ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB | 3GB DDR2 667MHz | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 61 | 32 | It's pretty good. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | Intel Core i7 2600 3.4GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5 | 12GB DDR3 Dual Channel (2x4GB; 2x2GB) | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 205 | 185 | Works fine. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.20GHz | nVidia 555m 1GB | 8GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 142 | 114 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2700K | nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB DDR5 | 16GB 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 250 | 180 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32-bit | Intel Pentium 2.6GHz | nVidia GeForce 8800 | 2GB | 1620x960 | 1.1 | 40 | 20 | |
| Windows XP 32-bit | Intel Pentium 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR3 | 4GB | 800x600 | 1.1 | 80 | 40 | Very good. |
| Windows XP Professional | Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz | Nvidia Geforce 512MB | 1.5GB | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 60 | 55 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | i7-2600K | Integrated | 8GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 40 | 50 | Works well |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2500 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 | 4GB DDR3 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 120 | 124 | Outstanding performance. No lags or stutters. |
| Windows XP Home 32-bit | Celeron 2.6GHz | Nvidia 6200 256MB | 512MB DDR 400MHz | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 12 | 5 | Very laggy, sound delay, and unplayable unless on low settings. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel I5 2500k 4.2GHz | MSG GTX560ti 1GB 1000MHz | 8GB Dual-Channeled 1600MHz | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 550 | 525 | Very smooth |
| Windows 8 Developer Preview | AMD Athlon Dual-Core 2.1GHz | Nvidia GT 430 1GB | 3GB DDR2 | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 80 | 70 | Works well and very playable |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual Core 2.8GHz | Readeon HD 4830 | 4GB DDR2 | 1600x1200 | 1.1 | 62 | 70 | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core 3.20GHz | ATI HD4850 | 8GB DDR2 | 1360x768 | 1.1 | 35 | 30 | It's playable, hard disks almost full. |
| Windows XP Professional SP3 | Intel Pentium 4 SL6K7 3.06GHz | Nvidia Geforce Fx 5900 128MB | 768MB DDR 333MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 19 | 17 | Very playable on medium quality about 40 fps. Occasional Lag. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i7 Q740 1.78GHz | ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5730 | 6GB DDR3 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 107 | 90 | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit | Intel Pentium Dual=Core T2390 1.86GHz | nVidia GeForce 8400M GT | 2GB DDR2 Dual-Channel | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 15 | 10 | A bit laggy. Perfect with OpenGL on. |
| Windows XP Home SP3 | Intel Pentium-M 1.86GHz (Centrino) | Ati Mobility Radeon X700 128MB | 2GB DDR2 | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 20 | 15 | almost freezes when generating new chunks. Flawless on lower settings. Best with OptiFine |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz | Intel Chipset GMA X4500 128MB | Kingston 4GB Dual-Channeled (2x2GB) | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 13 | 9 | Very laggy on servers, crashes all the time. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6600 2.2GHz | - | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 15 | 11 | Done on a laptop with nothing else running. |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T8300 2.40GHz | GeForce 8600M GT | 3GB | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 34 | 34 | Plays quite fine, Huge lag spikes at times. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Athlon 645 x4 Quad-Core 3.1GHz | nVidia nFroce 430 Intergrated 256-bit | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1600x900@60Hz | 1.1 | 56 | 45 | Awesome for an integrated chip. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD A6-3500 APU | Radeon HD 6530D | 4GB DDR1866 | 1280x1024 | 1.1 | 45 | 45 | Very playable on max settings. Faster with Adv. OGL. |
| Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 | Intel Core i5 2.3GHz | Intel HD 3000 512MB | 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 40 | 31 | Playable |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit | Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 2.2GHz | Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family | 3GB | 1440x900 | 1.1 | 10 | 14 | Pretty laggy, but runs great with lower settings. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2310 2.9GHz | ATI Raedeon 6280 | 8GB | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 375 | 325 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit | intel Atom 2.00GHz | Intel 3810 Graphics Acellerator | 1GB DDR3 | 1080x600 | 1.1 | 35 | 22 | It's fast |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | AMD Athlon(tm) X4 640 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | 4GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 95 | 70 | Never lags |
| Windows 7 64-bit | AMD e350 1.6GHz | AMD HD 6310m | 2GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 15 | 14 | Ridiculously laggy |
| Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit | Intel Pentium CPU B950 2.10GHz, 2100MHz, 2 cores,2 logical processors | - | 3GB | 1366x768@59Hz | 1.1 | 19 | 21 | Can work with minimum settings else pretty laggy |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit | Intel Core i3-370M 2.4GHz | Intel HD Graphics | 3GB DDR3 | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 16 | 12 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel Core i7 2720QM 2.2GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GT555M 3GB | 6GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 100 | 120 | Some minor lag spikes when loading map. |
| Windows XP | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | nVidia GeForce 6600le | 4GB DDR2 | 1024x786 | 1.1 | 30 | 37 | Playable |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service pack 1 | AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.80GHz | Geforce GTX 560 Ti | 4GB | 1440x900 | 12w08a | 49 | 53 | Fully playable, little lag spikes and pretty smooth gameplay |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9650 3GHz | AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 | 4x2GB DDR3-1333(8GB) | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 85 | 80 | I closed windows explorer process for this test to improve performance. FPS actually varied wildly between 70 and 100 FPS. |
| Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit | AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 4000+ 2.11GHz | nVidia GeForce GT 220 625/1360MHz 1024MB | 2GB DDR2 | 1280x1024 | 12w08a | 30 | 20 | A bit laggy but still playable |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2500k 4.3GHz | Radeon HD 6870 | 8GB 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 150 | 170 | FPS reading took after chunks loaded. 5GB allocated |
| Windows XP 32-bit | Intel Pentium | nVidia GeForce 8600 GT | 512MB DDR3 | 800x600 | 1.1 | 80 | 40 | Horrible |
| Windows 8 Developer Preview 64-bit (6.2.8102) | Intel Core i7 990x 5.6GHz 6-core | 4x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 | 32GB DDR3 | 2560x1600@60Hz | 12w08a | 395 | 395 | |
| Mac OS X 10.6.8 | 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | NVIDIA GeForce 9400M | 8GB (2x4GB DDR3 Non-ECC 1066MHz) | 1280x800x32 + 1280x1024x32 | 1.1 | 115 | 110 | Runs great with other programs running |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel E6700 3.2GHz | Intel Chipset GMA X4500 | 3GB DDR3 | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 22 | 13 | Very laggy, worse on full screen. Works on Tiny render distance |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2500k | HD 6950 2GB | 8GB DDR3 | 1680x1050 | 1.1 | 130 | 122 | Smooth, Never Choppy, Ran With Fraps |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | Intel Core i7 CPU Q740 1.73GHz | AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series | 6GB | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 66 | 66 | Runs great, no complaints. |
| Mac OS X Lin 10.7.3 | Intel 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo | ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB graphics | 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM | 1920x1200 | 1.1 | 81 | 98 | Very impressed |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel(R) Core(TM) 17 2600k 3.40GHz | Dual Nvidia GTX 560ti's in SLI mode 1GB | 32GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 201 | 156 | Runs extremely well. No lag. (Runs smoother with OptiFine mod though.) |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2500k 3.3GHz | Gigabyte GTX 550 TI | 8GB | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 180 | 170 | 450fps when looking straight up, 120fps when sprinting |
| Windows 7 64-bit | Intel Core i7 3930k | GTX 470 SLI (2-Way) | 12 GB Patriot 1600MHz | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 200 | 140 | Pretty good |
| Windows 7 Premium 64-bit | Intel(R) i3 370m 2.4GHz | Nvidia GeForce GT 520m 1GB | 4GB | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 145 | 100 | Runs Smooth without other applications |
| Mac OS X 10.7.3 | Intel Quad-Core i5 2.5GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB | 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 (2039MB for Minecraft) | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 101 | 91 | The game runs very smoothly |
| Mac OS X 10.7.3 | Intel Dual-Core i5 2.4GHz | Intel HD Graphics 3000 384MB | GB 1333MHz DDR3 | 1280x800 | 1.1 | 37 | 40 | There are a lot of lag spikes. Performance is inconsistent, with FPS ranging from 25 to 60 full screen. |
| Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.50GHz | AMD ATI Radeon 4350 | 6GB | 1600x900 | 1.1 | 45 | 57 | Runs great! |
| Windows Vista 64-bit | Intel Turion 64 X2 tl-60 | NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M | 4GB | 1080x800 | 1.1 | 25 | 20 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5-2430m 2.4GHz | NVidia GT540M 1GB DDR3 | 8GB DDR3 1333MHz | 1366x768 | 1.1 | 150 | 95 | Runs great on NVidia graphics chip. Intel Graphics averages about 25 fps. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel i-7 860 2.8GHz | Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB | 4GB DDR3 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 80 | 74 | No lag. It runs well. |
| Windows XP | Intel Pentium M 1.73GHz | Ati Radeon X700 | 2GB | 1024x768 | 1.1 | 100 | 53 | With optifine it is nice to play. |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Intel Core i5 2500k 4.2GHz | AMD XFX HD6950 2GB | 8GB DualCh 1600MHz CL9 | 1920x1080 | 1.1 | 170 | 200 | Really Smooth |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Intel Core2Duo T9600 2.8GHz | Nvidia Quadro FX 770M | 4GB | 1680x1050 | 1.2.3 | 15 | 15 | Unplayable, lots of drop out, allocated 3 GB to the game but FPS and chunk updates kills the fun. |
